Example sentences of "that [noun prp] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards half-time , the fans must have got the feeling that Swindon were never going to score . |
| 2 | And then with six minutes to go fortune smiled … fate declared that Swindon were on their way up … |
| 3 | The applicants , Coventry Newspapers Ltd. , ( ‘ C.N.L. ’ ) , defendants in a libel action brought against them by David Woodley and Roger Clifford , sought ( 1 ) a declaration that C.N.L. were at liberty to receive from Michael Thomas Bromell copies of all such witness statements , notes , notebooks and other documents which had come into existence in the course of an investigation by the Police Complaints Authority into the conduct of David Woodley and Roger Clifford as had been read to or by the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) or had been referred to in open court during the hearing of Reg. v. Bromell ( unreported ) , 22 June 1992 , C.A. , on a reference , dated 10 May 1991 , of his case by the Home Secretary under section 17(1) ( a ) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 ; and/or ( 2 ) variation of the implied undertaking pursuant to which Michael Thomas Bromell had received the documents under the order of the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) on 9 July 1991 , so as to permit him to disclose copies of all such documents described in ( 1 ) above to C.N.L. for the purpose of defending the libel action . |
| 4 | Rumour has it that Sierra were then approached by IBM themselves , to produce a product that would take advantage of the colour graphic features of their forthcoming wonder machine the IBM PCjr . |
| 5 | Of course part of it was that McLaren were placing their bets on Prost . |
| 6 | Association chairman , Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson , said : ‘ We are extremely fortunate that Orient were prepared to allow a man of Frank 's talent to take on the job . ’ |
| 7 | Moreover he knew that Harwell were looking for the crucial neutron spectrum which , surely , would clinch everything . |
| 8 | ‘ Linfield were drawn against a better team than the one we defeated — and I know from playing in Cyprus with Shamrock Rovers a few years back that Bangor were up against it , too . |
| 9 | ‘ Linfield were drawn against a better team than the one we defeated — and I know from playing in Cyprus with Shamrock Rovers a few years back that Bangor were up against it , too . |
| 10 | ‘ I am just eternally grateful that ITN were able to accept me back . ’ |
| 11 | The pressure to do work against 'cos they knew that Germany were working on the same lines , did n't they , the enormous pressure to get there first . |
| 12 | When the teller announced the Magharba vote at 1235 , implying a Magharba majority , the Zuwaya immediately protested that Magharba were present who had no right to vote : after a check of identity cards some men left and they began the vote again , this time counting both groups of supporters as they passed behind their goals . |
| 13 | And in their relations with each other , Libyans show the same rejectionist spirit : the taunt , ‘ We killed Pasha Naiz ’ , means that Magharba were irremediably tainted by their submission to Turkish government ; Zuwaya had been , and continued to be , irreconcilable . |
| 14 | In fact , he was already discussing it in his office when he discovered that Paramount were in the middle of a feud with Redford and were just about to serve him with a writ . |
| 15 | Reg took over as caretaker-manager but after only ten minutes of their second match realised that Athletico were out of their depth in Division One and , sure enough , the club was bundled into the Second , finishing the season fifteen points adrift at the bottom . |
| 16 | She wished desperately that Ellen were in London that she might send Lizzie to judge how Oreste fared and what he understood , but as it was she had no means of knowing . |
| 17 | The Jack transfer was the first to command a five-figure fee , despite the fact that Arsenal were continuing to propose limits on transfer fees , which led to accusations of hypocrisy . |
| 18 | It was unfortunate for spectators that Chamden were unable to raise a full side but this should not detract from our victory , although all praise to the five Chamden lads for holding our rampant attack to a slender 2–1 . |
| 19 | They lost despite the fact that Warrington were reduced to 12 men five minutes into the second half . |
| 20 | Football has always been played at both ends , a fact made significant by Robson 's assertion that England were forced to fight a rearguard action in Chorzow . |
| 21 | Is it not ironic that Australia won the final playing in exactly the same style that England were so slated for — to win ! |
| 22 | Despite having a fair bit to play for , the game was never better than mediocre , reinforcing the impression that England were a huge distance ahead of the field in this 1992 tournament . |
| 23 | He was pretty non commital about taking the England job saying that England were ‘ still in the WC & still had a manager and a good one at that ’ . |
| 24 | Best of all , there was the news that England were getting gubbed . |
| 25 | Others thought the CDP ‘ should not back down from accreditation as this would seem to suggest that CDP were not a body to be taken seriously ’ . |
| 26 | Everyone thought that Zagrat were just a bunch of old beardies from the headster time . ’ |
| 27 | In France , meeting with the head of Ariola Records , the company responsible for distributing Virgin in that country , Branson listened with interest as the managing director told him excitedly that Ariola were about to pull off an enormous coup by signing Julien Clerc , France 's Frank Sinatra . |
| 28 | In Rome , Italia ‘ 90 's director-general , Luca Di Montezemolo , acknowledged that Spain were putting pressure on Fifa . |
| 29 | It was mentioned earlier that MRDs were designed for human rather than computational use . |
| 30 | Despite Swansea lodging a protest , the FA yesterday ruled that Exeter were not at fault for the abandonment . |